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Ken Miles is a British motorsport and racing engineer.
Born on November 1, 1918 in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England. I started as a motorcyclist. Participated in the Second World War. After the war, he continued his racing career in sports cars.
In 1952, he moved to the United States, where in 1953 he won 14 consecutive races at the Sports Car Club of America. He performed on cars based on MG Cars and Porsche.
In 1963, he became the chief test pilot of Shelby American. He participated in the improvement of the sporty Ford GT40, which was created in order to beat Ferrari in endurance racing competitions.
In 1966, he won the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring auto marathons with Lloyd Raby.
He died on August 17, 1966, in an accident while continuing tests to improve the Ford GT40 on the American Riverside Highway.
During his career, he took part in 265 competitions, won 86 victories. 2 replies
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